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| Bringing tefillin, and a connection, to prison |
| By The Jerusalem Post |
| Published: 10/08/2008 |
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NEW JERSEY - Charles Smith tries to recall the last time he participated in the tefillin ritual as the rabbinical student wraps his arm. "It's been a long time," Smith says, then recites the corresponding prayer. The student, Chaim Gurary, and colleague Chaim Kohn ask for the Hebrew names of the gray-haired men in beige suits before Kohn explains the significance of the tefillin. Chabadniks wrapping tefillin around men's arms, and reciting and explaining the blessings, isn't unusual. But it's less familiar when the setting is prison - in this case Northern State Prison in Newark, New Jersey - and the pupils are convicts. During the year, Chabad rabbinical students visit Jewish prisoners throughout the United States, bringing with them tefillin, prayer books and words of hope. This summer the students visited 3,700 Jewish inmates in more than 360 prisons in 37 states. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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